Doric!

beambeam

Hahaha, some good reading here, I'm a born and bred lossie loon myself (Lossiemouth) and my girlfriend is from the broch (Fraserburgh) herself, all her days spent in the Buchan area - her surname is Buchan also!

We both live in Edinburgh and its a real shame that we have to change how we speak so other people understand us but she is a diehard and refuses to give up easily! So much so that her colleagues have taken to calling her "Furryboots" as in "Far'aboots yi fae?"

See Buckie gets a few mentions here, most of my best friends come from there.

I sense a small uprising of doric here!

If anyone wants a good read and chuckle, buy "A Dash of Doric" or "Another Dash O' Doric" - both excellent books.

jackieb

Fit like beambeam? Tell yer blone thit the alexandra's bin knocked doon noo. At wis an affa state - a boordid up an athing. An tell er the watermill's doon inna. Must abeen ful a rats at place.

llac

I spent maist o my school holidays with relations in the central belt an wis aye gettin a row for sayin 'fit?' and ance I asked my cousin and her pals ' fa is that loonie and far dis he bide?' weel I then had tae explain aboot loonies and quinies an translate the rest!
Can agree aboot the Dash o Doric books well worth a read.

twink

weel weel beambeam ye hail fae lossie div ye, i bide nae far fae there bit a ma fowkies cam fae roun aboot new deer an fyvie wye, aye hid ma simmer hols at fyvie, aye mind ye hid to ging roun skyte neuk te ging tull fyvie, aye gie coorse in the winter

coffeeandfags

Yoo hoo fae anither Brocher!!

jackieb

A fellow puddlestinker!

jeffner36

fit lik fa anither brocher

jackieb

Nae bad. Yersel? It's fair crallin we a' o us noo.

braveheart60uk

Ach awa wi yaes, Dorics a fair tongue far ye tae spik wi yer close eans an' ean tae confuse yer enemies, fit like tae ye a' :-)

CopperPlate_2

Ach, I'm nae even tryin' ti spik like you fowkies. Born an' bred in i' North East, hailin' fae Aiberdeen - i' big smoke. Mair country than Doric I hiv ti say, so nae as weel spikit as some. Mair o' a toonser ee' noo.